Collar for woolen shirts



(No Model.)

I. R. WHITGOMB. COLLAR FOR WOOLEN SHIRTS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK R. IVHITOOMB, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

COLLAR FOR WOOLEN SHIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,178, datedSeptember 1'7, 1889.

Application filed January 8, 1889. Serial N0.295,763- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERIGK'R. WHIT- COMB, of Minneapolis, in thecounty of Ilennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certainImprovements in Collar-Stays for /Voolen Shirts, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a stay for the collar of awoolen shirt or waist which will stiffen it and cause it to set well andremain smooth as long as the shirt may be worn, while not preventing theshirt from being washed and laundered in the usual manner.

The invention consists, generally, in a woolen shirt or waist having acollar of the same material permanently secured thereto, with a stayformed of butchers linen or similar stiff material that is permanentlysecured to the under side of the collar, as hereinafter describechandpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front view of a shirt having my improvement ap plied thereto.Fig.2 is an under side view of the collar. Fig. 3 is a detail section.

In the drawings, 2 represents a shirt, waist, or similar garment formedof flannel or similar soft woolen material. This garment is providedwith a collar 3, that is formed of the same material as the body of thegarment, and is permanently attached orsecured thereto.

A stay 5, which is of the shape of the collar, but somewhat smaller, ispermanently secured to the under side of the collar, preferably bystitching through the collar near its edge and close to the edge of thestay. This stay is formed of butchers linen or other suitable stiifmaterial. As the stay is smaller than the collar, it does not extend tothe edge thereof, and the edge of the collar is thus left soft, which isan especial advantage, as this soft edge comes against the body of theshirt at the back of the neck and over the shoulders. As the stay issmaller than the collar, it is fully concealed thereby.

When desired, the collar can be turned to an uprightposition, where itwill be held by the stay. This will be a convenience sometimes when thewearer desires to put 011 a necktie.

The shirt can be washed and lau11- dered in the usual manner. Ifdesired, the stay may be starched. This stay keeps the collar smooth andstraight and prevents its wrinkling, and causes it to set well, but doesnot make itstiff or rigid or interfere with the washing of the garment.The stay also prevents the collar from shrinking.

The advantage of the stay is to form' asupport for the soft woolenmaterial composing the collar, so as to prevent it from wrinkling orfolding, and also to maintain its shape. The support also keeps the softcollar-band distended, so that it will not hug too closely to the neck,thus imparting shape to the band, while the soft and flexible characterof its material is preserved. 3y having the edge of the support set backfrom the edge of the collar proper there is formed along the edge of thecollar a soft flexible margin, which will allow it to bend or yield topressure at the points where it strikes the body, so that the pressureagainst any obstruction is lost or taken up by the flexible edge and thediscomfort of pushing up around the neck the stiff portion of the collaris overcome.

I claim as' my invention-- 1. In a shirt, the combination, with theshirt-band, of a soft woolen collar connected to said band and a stifffabric secured to the under face of the collar, with its edge adjacentto the shirt-band curved, as shown, and lying back from the juncture ofthe collar to the band to leave the juncture between the collar and bandsoft and pliable, and to support the collar and hold the banddist-ended, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a shirt, the combination, with the shirt-band and collar formed ofa soft woolen fabric, of a collar-support composed of a stiff fabricsecured to the under side of the col- .lar back from its edges, so as toleave a flexi- FREDERICK R. W'HITCOMB.

In presence of A. 0. PAUL, A. M. GAsKILL.

